What about (for example) Beautiful Plateau, Fauxhemians or Kim's Chords? I think they all are excellent songs and there are lot more great stuff in that album. You really aren't into their experimental side.

On a side note, Kim's Chords is one of my favorites.

I'm really pissed that I lost that CD...

I re-rated all the albums.

sonic youth - 9
confusion is sex - 8
bad moon rising - 8
evol - 10
sister - 10
daydream nation - 9
goo - 7
dirty - 8
experimental jet set, trash and no star - 7
washing machine - 8
a thousand leaves - 10 (JUST BOUGHT IT TODAY, LISTENING NOW - LOVE IT)
nyc ghosts & flowers - (only album I haven't heard)
murray street - 10
sonic nurse - 8
rather ripped - 6
the eternal - 7

sonic youth - 7
confusion/kill yr idols - 8
bad moon rising - 8
evol - 9
sister - 10
daydream nation - 10
goo - 10
dirty - 6
ejtns - 8
washing machine - 9
a thousand leaves - 9
nycg&f - 8
murray street - 10
nurse - 8
ripped - 7
the eternal - 9/10 havent decided if its perfect yet...

I thought I had already posted in this thread...but I guess not---

Sonic Youth EP-don't have
Confusion Is Sex-8/10
Bad Moon Rising-8/10
EVOL-8/10
Sister-9/10
Daydream Nation-10/10
Goo-10/10
Dirty-9/10
Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star-8/10
Washing Machine-7/10
A Thousand Leaves-don't have
NYC Ghosts & Flowers-don't have
Murray Street-7/10
Sonic Nurse-8/10
Rather Ripped-6/10
The Destroyed Room-7/10
The Eternal-9/10

So is someone keeping a tally?

you really should pick these up next time you have some cash spare. Absolute works of genius

Updated:

S/T: 7.5
CIS/KYI: 7
Bad moon rising: 6
Evol: 9
Sister: 9.5
Daydream nation: 9.5
Goo: 7
Dirty: 9
Experimental...: 7
Washing machine: 7
A thousand leaves: 9
NYCG&F: 4.5
Murray Street: 8.5
Sonic nurse: 7
Rather ripped: 3.5
The eternal : 7.5

Thurston :
Psychic hearts : 5
Trees ... : 8

Sonic Youth - 8
Confusion is Sex - 9
Bad Moon Rising - 10
EVOL - 8
Sister - 8
Daydream Nation - 10
Goo - 5
Dirty - 5
Experimental Jet Set - 7
Washing Machine - 5
A Thousand Leaves - haven't heard
NYC G+F - Haven't heard
Murray Street - 7
Sonic Nurse - 7
Rather Ripped - haven't heard
The Eternal - 7

hmm i like tham all
but the most important records for me are rather ripped goo nurse daydream nation

sonic youth 6/10
confusion is sex 8/10
bad moon rising 7/10
evol 9/10
sister 9/10
daydream nation 10/10
goo 8.5/10
dirty 9/10
experimental jet set, trash and no star 6/10
washing machine 8/10
a thousand leaves 7/10
nyc ghosts & flowers 4/10
murray street 7/10
sonic nurse 10/10
rather ripped 5/10
the eternal 8.5/10
the whitey album 7/10
destroyed room 7/10

i don't deal in halves. :P

sonic youth 8/10
confusion is sex 7/10
bad moon rising 10/10
evol 10/10
sister 10/10
daydream nation 10/10
goo 9/10
dirty 8/10
experimental jet set, trash and no star 7/10
washing machine 10/10
a thousand leaves 8/10
nyc ghosts & flowers 6/10
murray street 9/10
sonic nurse 7/10
rather ripped 7/10
the eternal 9/10

the whitey album 7/10
made in usa 6/10
the destroyed room 6/10
syr1 7/10
kill yr idols 8/10
master-dik 6/10

lee:
east jesus 9/10

thurston:
psychic hearts 8/10
trees outside the academy 9/10

i need more SYRs.

sonic youth 7/10
confusion is sex 8/10
bad moon rising 7/10
evol 9/10
sister 8/10
daydream nation 10/10
goo 8/10
dirty 9/10
experimental jet set, trash and no star 7/10
washing machine 9/10
a thousand leaves 8/10
nyc ghosts & flowers 6/10
murray street 8/10
sonic nurse 10/10
rather ripped 8/10
the eternal 8/10


the destroyed room 5/10
The Whitey Album 7/10

syr1 8/10
2 8/10
3 8/10

Thurston:
psychic hearts 8/10
trees outside the academy 8/10

The Eternal - 7
Rather Ripped - 7.5
Sonic Nurse - 9.5
Murray Street - 8
NYC Ghosts & Flowers - 9
A Thousand Leaves - 8.5 (this one grows on you tremendously)
Washing Machine - 9.5 (a unified sound)

...that's all for now. i'll rate more later

It seemed I haven´t done this into this thread, so I do it again and now put there every Sonic product I own:

Sonic Youth 9/10
Confusion is Sex 9/10
Sonic Death 9/10
Bad Moon Rising 9/10
Death Valley 69-e.p 8/10
Flower/Halloween 10/10
EVOL 10/10
Sister 10/10
Master-dik 9/10
Daydream Nation 10/10
Whitey Album 10/10
Goo 10/10
Dirty Boots-e.p 8/10
Dirty 10/10
Whore´s Moaning-e.p 8/10
Experimental Jet-set 9/10
Made In Usa 10/10
Washing Machine 10/10
Syr1 10/10
Syr2 10/10
Syr3 10/10
a Thousand Leaves 10/10
Syr4 9/10
Nyc Ghosts and Flowers 9/10
In the Fishtank 7/10
Murray Street 10/10
Sonic Nurse 10/10
Helen Lundeberg/Eyeliner -single 8/10
Rather Ripped 10/10
the Destroyed Room 10/10
syr 7 10/10
the Eternal 10/10
Syr 9 10/10
Daydream Nation t-shirt 10/10

Solos:
Syr 5 8/10
Psychic Hearts 8/10
Trees Outside 9/10
Solo Acoustic 8/10
Demolished Thoughts 9/10

:D

I hate listing my favourite albums or giving them scores out of 10 but if I had to it'd probably be similar to yr list :)

Well, I think there would be more stuff in your list...

sonic youth 6/10
confusion is sex 8/10
bad moon rising 9/10
EVOL 8/10
sister 7/10
daydream nation 9/10
goo 8/10
dirty 5/10
EJST&NS 6/10
washing machine 8/10
a thousand leaves 8/10
nyc ghosts & flowers 10/10
murray street 9/10
sonic nurse 4/10
rather ripped 6/10
the eternal 6/10

the whitey album 6/10
made in usa 6/10
hidros 3 7/10
in the fishtank 6/10
the destroyed room 7/10
silver session 7/10

the syrs are rated in that other thread ; )

Sonic Youth - 7/10
Confusion Is Sex + Kill Your Idols - 8/10
Bad Moon Rising - 7/10
Evol - 9/10
Sister - 9/10
Daydream Nation - 10/10
Goo - 10/10
Dirty - 8/10
Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star - 6/10
Washing Machine - 8/10
A Thousand Leaves - 8/10
New York City Ghosts & Flowers - 7/10
Murray Street - 7/10
Sonic Nurse - 7/10
Rather Ripped - 5/10
The Eternal - 5/10

The Whitey Album - 8/10

Other records I have not listened enough to to make a substantiated judgement ( I only know I like SYR 1, 2, 3 and 5 very much).

Sonic Youth- 8/10
Confusion is Sex- 8/10
Bad Moon Rising- 10/10
EVOL- 9/10
Sister- 10/10
DDN- 10/10
Goo- 8/10
Dirty- 7/10
Ex. Jet Set Trash and No Star- 8/10
Washing Machine- 7.5/10
A Thousand Leaves- 10/10
NYC Ghosts & Flowers- 8.5/10
Murray Street- 10/10
Sonic Nurse- 8/10
Rather Ripped- 8.5/10
The Eternal- 7.5/10

Everything is rated based on "for what it is" standards. So, the SY EP, though not really a better album than, say, Eternal, gets a higher score because of its consistency. No bad songs.

Really, there are times when I think they're each perfect in their own way, like Beatles albums. How do you compare HELP! to the White Album? They're both 10's in completely different ways.

SY has, in my opinion, the best track record in rock history.

Yeah you´re right. In Beatles differences between early and later records are even bigger as they´re in Sonic records, but they´re all great!

I'm going to change my Washing Machine rating to 8/10.

No, it's not my favorite. One of my least favorites actually, but it has some incredible songs, and very few bad spots. For SY it's not perfect, but by normal standards it's a monolith.

Good that!

I mean, 7.5 c'mon........ :D

Jesus... there are a lot of not-very-consistent SY fans here. I'm seeing a lot more 5's and 6's than I would expect.

That's better.

Being consistent means being blindfolded and giving every single release an inevitable 10/10, because "i'm a fan?". How old are you, 12?

Pretty sure I've responded to this before, but to reflect my current feelings:

Sonic Youth- 8/10
Confusion is Sex- 9/10
Bad Moon Rising- 10/10
EVOL- 6/10
Sister- 7.5/10
DDN- 7.5/10
Goo- 5/10
Dirty- 7.5/10
Ex. Jet Set Trash and No Star- 6.5/10
Washing Machine- 6/10
A Thousand Leaves- 10/10
NYC Ghosts & Flowers- 9.5/10
Murray Street- 8.5/10
Sonic Nurse- 10/10
Rather Ripped- 2/10
The Eternal- 7.5/10

Sonic Youth- 7/10
Confusion is Sex- 7/10
Bad Moon Rising- 9/10
EVOL- 10/10
Sister- 10/10
DDN- 10/10
Goo- 9/10
Dirty- 9/10
Ex. Jet Set Trash and No Star- 8/10
Washing Machine- 9/10
A Thousand Leaves- 8/10
NYC Ghosts & Flowers- 6/10
Murray Street- 9/10
Sonic Nurse- 9/10
Rather Ripped- 7/10
The Eternal- 8/10

I give 10 if I think it´s the album that deserves ten. I could give ten to every Sonic Youth album if I truly think they are worth of it.

Yes, that's understandable and truly legitimate. I was reacting on that tedious E.Noisefield's comment.

SY - 7
CiS - 10
BMR - 8
Evol - 8 (cracking album but a little bit over-rated to me)
Sister - 10
DDN - 10
Goo - 7
Dirty - 8
Jet Set - 6
Washing Machine - 4 (and only that high because of Diamond Sea)
ATL - 7 (some of the all-time high marks, some real bland bits too)
NYCG&F - 7
Murray Street - 8
Nurse - 10
Rather Ripped - 8
Eternal - 2

SYRs:
1 - 9
2 - 8
3 - 7
4 - 8
5 - 3
6 - 8
7 - 4 (again, over-rated - what's the deal?)
8 - 8
9 - 6

Silver sessions - 8
Kill yr Idols - 9
Destroyed room - 8
Melbourne Direct - 9
without kim - 7
Kali yug - 8
Master-dik - 4
sonic death - 7

lee:
amarillo ramp - 9
maelstrom from drift - 8 (glacial trio extract makes me very excited for the lp dropping)
scriptures - 9
east jesus - 8

thurston:
hurricane floyd - 9
psychic hearts - 7
tress - 8
demolished - 8

there's probably some other stuff i've heard but as i'm at work at the moment i can't have a rifle through the discs and hard-drive. oh, just remembered a bonus one:

13-06-1999 seaport boot (supporting modern jazz quartet?) - 10. fucking blinding set, a few bits of syr, never written a note for percussion, killer expressway w/ jam, very early renegade princess (if memory serves). go to utkonos and get it NOW.

Nice to see the big love for Nurse btw, best they've done since DDN.

Sy Ep--7
Cis--9
Bmr--7.5
Evol--8.5
Sister--10
Ddn--10
Goo--9
Dirty--8.5
Exp. Jet Set--7.5
Wm--8.5
Atl--10
Nyc--5
Ms--8
Nurse--8.5
Rr--7
Eternal--10

I just didn't expect to see so many low scores. I figured most of us would love at least 90% of their albums, disliking 1 per person at most. I'm not judging, or saying we should all love everything. Just surprised a bit.

But I shouldn't have said "inconsistent". You're right, that's not the right word at all.

To me the point is, how good album is. But on the other hand, I listen very much albums that I think they´re good.

It´s great to see how favourites and non-favourites differs almost each one. I think that proofs how great band SY is.

I know what you mean man, I think the difference between this kind of poll and an, ahem, 'serious' poll by journalists in a magazine is that ones on a board are wholly subjective whereas magazine ones are striving for objectivity: for you to give EVOL a 10 would be trying to do the objective bit, but I say fuck it and rate on a personal scale. I'm the same with that one: I get it was hugely significant and timeless, but I don't think it's quite on the same level as Sister and DDN despite received wisdom.

But the thing with SY is that there are different song writers with, at times, hugely contrasting styles: my low rating for ATL is because the Kim songs on it are shite. She has done some cracking stuff - Kissability is the sexiest anti-sexism song ever, hands down - but each writer appeals to different people and each writer has personal peaks and troughs of quality. Hence DDN being the 'perfect' SY album - all 3 writers were on killer form throughout. Hence the chap a couple of messages back saying his fave track is Rain on Tin (good call btw) but that Murray Street as a whole is a 7.

Sonic Youth - 6/10
Confusion Is Sex + Kill Your Idols - 8/10
Bad Moon Rising - 7/10
Evol - 9/10
Sister - 10/10
Daydream Nation - 10/10
Goo - 8/10
Dirty - 9/10
Experimental Jet Set, Trash & No Star - 7/10
Washing Machine - 9/10
A Thousand Leaves - 6/10
New York City Ghosts & Flowers - 5/10
Murray Street - 9/10
Sonic Nurse - 8/10
Rather Ripped - 7/10
The Eternal - 7/10

The Whitey Album - 7/10